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Rhabdopleuridae

Pterobranchia - Rhabdopleuridae

Taxonomy

Rhabdopleuridae was named by Harmer (1905). Its type is Rhabdopleura.

It was assigned to Rhabdopleurida by Bulman (1970); and to Graptolithina by Maletz (2014).

Subtaxa

Archaeocryptolaria, Calyxhydra, Chitinodendron, Cylindrotheca, Epigraptus, Fasciculitubus, Graptovermis, Haplograptus, Kystodendron, Rhabdopleura (syn. Rhabdopleura) (type genus), Rhabdopleurites, Rhabdopleuroides, Rhabdotubus, Rhapdopleura, Stolonodendrum

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1905	Rhabdopleuridae Harmer p. 5
1970	Rhabdopleuridae Bulman p. V14
2014	Rhabdopleuridae Maletz p. 5

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
—	Ambulacraria

Rank	Name	Author
phylum	Hemichordata	Bateson 1885
class	Pterobranchia	Lankester 1877
subclass	Graptolithina	(Bronn 1849)
family	Rhabdopleuridae	Harmer 1905
family	Rhabdopleuridae	Harmer 1905

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Rhabdopleuridae Harmer 1905

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G. †Archaeocryptolaria

G. †Calyxhydra Kozlowski 1959

G. †Chitinodendron Eisenack 1938

G. Cylindrotheca Rabenhorst 1848

G. †Epigraptus

G. †Fasciculitubus

G. †Graptovermis

G. †Haplograptus Ruedemann 1933

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†Haplograptus wisconsinensis Ruedemann 1933

†Haplograptus wisconsinensis montanensis Lochman 1964

G. †Kystodendron

G. Rhabdopleura Allman 1869

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Invalid names: Rhabdopleura Allman 1867 [objective synonym]

G. †Rhabdopleurites

G. †Rhabdopleuroides

G. †Rhabdotubus

G. Rhapdopleura Allman 1869

G. †Stolonodendrum

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

"sclero-protein"c

Locomotion:

passively mobilec

Life habit:

planktonicc

Diet:

suspension feederc

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2005-02-03 08:06:36

Modified:

2010-02-11 01:52:45

Source: c = class

Reference: Aberhan 1992

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Solvan to the top of the Rawtheyan or 510.20000 to 445.20000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 504.5 Ma

Collections (8 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Solvan	510.2 - 504.5	Sweden (Norrbotten)	Rhabdotubus johanssoni (9782)
Menevian	504.5 - 499.5	Russian Federation (Siberia)	Rhabdopleura obuti (8096 8097)
Trempealeauan	492.5 - 485.4	USA (Wisconsin)	Haplograptus wisconsinensis (232904)
Tremadoc	486.5 - 477.7	China (Hubei)	Haplograptus sp. (4728)
Gasconadian	485.4 - 477.7	USA (Montana)	Haplograptus montanensis (232902)
Floian	477.7 - 470.0	China	Haplograptus huanghuaensis, Haplograptus yichangensis (232903)
Wufeng - Rawtheyan	449.5 - 445.2	China (JiangXi)	Haplograptus sp. (7748)